Santhosh Guru
practising curiosity — books, cinema, product, and everything in between
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Uncanny Valley and Garbage Language
Recently I read the book, Uncanny Valley written by Anna Wiener. I picked it up because of some rave reviews and it was featured in many top-10 non-fiction books of 2020.
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My fav Books of 2019
**Open Borders by Bryan Caplan**: This was fantastic. A graphic-non-fiction on a potentially complex topic. But the author’s magic is presenting it and arguing the case in an easily digestible manner.
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Masala Shakespeare
Masala movies are my favorite stress-busting genre of movies. Hollywood and in general, the movies from West, has a strong genre. At least, in my experience. They are either a thriller or musical or h
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What makes a good book review?
I came across this post by Brian Ball and it really made a light bulb glow in my brain. Brian posed a question on what makes a good book review.
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Upside of stress
I recently discovered a funny thing called Parkinson's Law. It says that work expands to fill the time available for its completion. If you give a conservative deadline, we will make sure we have enou
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The Best Book You Really Need to Read Next
I came across an interesting Tweet by Visakan today:
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Why Read the Classics?
I was cleaning up my reading list in Instapaper today. I saw an article that I had saved long back. It is highly recommended in my network interested in writing and literature. It is, "Why Read the Cl
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Key Lessons from Rebel Allocator
I want to go in detail in a later post about this nicely written fiction, Rebel Allocator. I am half way through it. This post is about my key lessons regarding business from this fiction.
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Skin in the Game
Skin in the Game is my first proper book of Nassim Taleb. I have seen him being notorious on Twitter for his fights and blocks. I have heard him in a couple of podcasts and have read a short book, Bed
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On Marie Kondo
As it is a trend to write about Marie Kondo in 200WaD, I want to ruminate on her works and what it means to me.
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